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A. B. SCOTT.

DEVICE FOR mcovamue TOOLS FROM WELLS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1919.

' 1,315,581. Patented Sept. 9,1919.

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To all whom 'z't may concern:

Be it known that I, Aneusrns B. Soon, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Burkburnett, in the county of Wichita and State of Texas, have invented certain Im- I rovements in 'Devices for Recovering Tools 'rom Wells, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the acoompanying drawings.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a device which can be made to take hold of drill bits, tools, and other ob'ects which may be lost in a well and lift sai objects out.

The drawings show one embodiment of p the invention in practical form. Figure 1 is an elevatlon view showing the device set for use.

Fig. 2 is a similar views showing the device after it has been tripped and has engaged a drill-bit.

Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing an assembla e of a portion of the device.

ig. 4 is a sectional'view taken on the line 4-4: of Fig. 1, with no parts shown below the line AA of said figure.

All figures are on the same scale, and like characters of reference designate like parts in all of them.

The device includes a forked tool which in this instance-has two-depending prongs 5, and these prongs are arranged to close forcibly together at their lower ends bytheir own elasticity to take a firm hold on a drill bit 6 or other object over which they may be slipped- ,7 j In a device which the inventor has built and used, a head-block 7 is provided to form the upper or crotch portion of the forked tool, and the depending prongs 5 are secured to said head-block b rivets 8; the upper end of the head-block eing provided with a screwthreaded stem 9 so that it may be screwed into a drill' stem and controlled thereby.

The lower ends of the prongs 5 may be shaped or arranged in any manner best adapted to engage difierent objects in a well; and in the present instance said prongs are fitted at their lower ends with toothed jaws adapted to take a biting hold on the object.

In providing'rel'easa le means for holding the prongs 5 and their'jaws 10 apart, a central'guidina' stem 11 depends from the head- Speclflcation of Letters Patent.

DEVICE FOR RECOVEBING TOOLS FROM WELLS. v

tively connected to the two prongs 5 by links Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

j Application filed Aprl114,1919. Sci-1111110. 290,062. r

13 which are pivoted to said sleeve and I prongs as shown. I

Arms 14 for limiting the downward swinging movement of the links 13 are provided and in this instance are cast integrally with the jaws 10; the arms being arranged to allow the pivotal points 15 of said links and the sleeve 12. to move down just to or slightly past the dead-center line A-A which passes through the pivotal points 16 of said links and the prongs 5. y

It will be seen that when the sleeve 12 and its links 13 are swung down to or slightly past the dea'd-center position shown in Fig. 1 the prongs 5 and aws 10 are positively held open; but when the sleeve is raised upward slightly, as by contact of its dependlng feeler extension 17 with the dril1-bit 6 or other object to be grabbed, the links cease to act as a brace to hold the prongs and jaws open, but flip themselves and the sleeve upward tothe tripped position shown in Fig. 2 in obedience to the elastic force of said prongs,'the jaws engaging the drill-bit as shown.

The extension 17 of the sleeve 12 may be screwthreaded to said sleeve as shown, as necessary for a sooner or later tripping of the prongs and jaws.

In order that the-prongs 5 and jaws 10 shall grip the drill-bit 6 or'other object more tightly and securely than by the mere elastic force of saidprongs, a ring or series of rings 18 collectively embrace the two pron am the position shown in Fig. 1, and when t e lower ends of the prongs swing together into en gagement with the drillit said rin s drop own along the diverging prongs an wedge them in more forcible engagement with said drill-bit. 7

In order that the rings 18 may be allowed to drop a considerable distance and therebywedge more tightly on the diverging prongs 5 said rings are supported well toward the upper end of said prongs b holding devices which are releasable by an u on the release of the mechanism which he ds the prongs and jaws 10 in open or set position.

In arranging the supporting devices, a pair of ton cs 19 is pivoted to the upper end of the s eeve 12, one of the ton es extending out slidably through a vertlcal slot 20 in one of the prongs 5 and the other tongue likewise through a similar slot 20 in the other prong.

I With the sleeve l2 drawn down to the 7 position shown in lt ig. l, the onter'tree ends of the tongues 19' rest on the. lower ends of the slots 20 and project out through the prongs far enough to support the rings 18 as shown.

7 When the sleeve 19; is lifted upward by the tripping movement described, it draws the supporting tongues 19 inward and allows the rings 18 to drop.

The following is claimed:

1. A tool including a plurality of depend ing prongs tending to closetoward a common central vertical line, a central member movable along said jline, ,each prong being operatively connected to said member by a ivoted link, said member being adapted to lie brought downward along said line to dead-center the links and thereby hold the prongs apart.

2. A tool including a plurality of depending prongs tending to close toward'a comnoon central vertical line, a central member movable along said line, each prong being operatively connected to said member by a, pivoted link, said member being adapted to said line-to be brought downward along dead-center the links and thereby hold the prongs. apart, and means carried by the prongs to limit the downward swinging movement of the links,

o, rt tool including a plurality of depending prongs tending to close toward a common central vertical line, a depending cen tral stem structurally connected to the prongs, a member slidably embracing the stem, each prong being operatively connected to said stein by a pivoted link, and means carried by the, prongs to limit the downward swinging movement of the links at a predetermined point.

at. A tool including a support, a plurality of prongs depending from the support and tending to close toward a common central vertlcal line, a guiding stemv dependlng from the supportalong said line, a member .slidably embracing the stem, each prong be- AUGUSTUS B; SCOTT.

Witness my hand this 12th day of March, 

